Social Media Accounts have become increasingly dangerous. It takes people months to have accounts in both Facebook and Twitter removed from individuals and groups who have taken over and abuse their first and last name.

To make matters worse, authorities are taking "statements" in social media as "evidence" in the Court of Law.

Famous soccer players, artists, actors, businessmen, politicians have had to spend time and money to make sure someone else isn't speaking in their name as lately media is citing quotes from politicians' twitter accounts.

Not surprisingly, Syria's president has had the same problems.

Twitter closed down a string of accounts purporting to be authored by the Syrian president and the first lady, emails reveal.

A
senior aide to Asma al-Assad, Fares Kallas, took issue with the site
over 11 accounts. Half of the accounts using the first lady's name and
all but one of those using the president's name were closed down.

The author of one account, @Syrianpresident, described it as a "parody account" and said it had attracted 2,500 followers.

Kallas
wrote to Twitter complaining that this and other accounts were
"fraudulent Twitter accounts purporting to be the president of Syria
and the first lady of Syria and we would like to officially request for
these accounts to be removed or suspended. We believe that each of the
following are clearly intending to mislead people via impersonation
rather than act as spoof/humorous accounts."

Twitter told the
Assad office: "We do suspend accounts that are clear attempts at
impersonation," but added: "Twitter users are allowed to create parody,
commentary and fan accounts."